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Lloyd Lofthouse
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His first trip to The Middle Kingdom was on the honeymoon with his bride, who introduced him to China and Robert Hart (1835-1911), the main characters in Lloyd's first two novels.
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Little did Lloyd Lofthouse know in 1999, when he married Anchee Min, that he was beginning a decade long journey of discovery. His first trip to The Middle Kingdom was on the honeymoon with his bride, who introduced him to China and Robert Hart (1835-1911), the main characters in Lloyd's first two novels, My Splendid Concubine and Our Hart. Lloyd now lives near San Francisco with his wife—with a second home in Shanghai, China.
Lloyd earned a BA in journalism in 1973 after fighting in Vietnam as a U.S. Marine. While working days as an English teacher, he enjoyed a second job as a maitre d’ in a multimillion-dollar nightclub. His short story, A Night at the ‘Well of Purity’ was named as a finalist for the 2007 Chicago Literary Awards.
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Accomplishments: Lloyd's novels have won honorable mentions in Fiction at:
2008 London Book Festival
2009 London Book Festival
2009 San Francisco Book Festival
2009 Hollywood Book Festival
2009 Nashville Book Festival
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Books
| | Our Hart, Elegy for a Concubine by Lloyd Lofthouse
"Our Hart", what the Chinese Imperial Court called Robert Hart, arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication to China was born from the love for one woman—a love story Robert hid from the world. I spent a decade exploring China to discover and write this stor...
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Short Stories
Our Hart, Episode 38 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
Our Hart, Episode 35 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
Our Hart, Episode 34 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
Our Hart, Episode 33 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
Our Hart, Episode 32 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
Our Hart, Episode 31 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
Our Hart, Episode 29 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
Our Hart, Episode 30 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
Our Hart, Episode 28 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
Our Hart, Episode 27 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
Our Hart, Episode 26 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
Our Hart, Episode 25 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
Our Hart, Episode 24 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
Our Hart, Episode 23 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
Our Hart, Episode 22 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
Our Hart, Episode 21 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
Our Hart, Episode 20 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
Our Hart, Episode 19 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
Our Hart, Episode 18 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
Our Hart, Episode 17 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
Our Hart, Episode 16 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
Our Hart, Episode 15 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
Our Hart, Episode 14 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
Our Hart, Episode 13 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
Our Hart, Episode 12 by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication t...
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Poetry
Learning from Death by Lloyd Lofthouse
What have you learned from Death?...
Putting Cupid's Arrows on Ice by Lloyd Lofthouse
It's time for Cupid to retire....
The Never-Ending Book Promotion Blues by Lloyd Lofthouse
In 2010, I launched a Blog as a platform to support my first two novels. iLook China, that Blog, became a full time job leading to this poem and explains my absence from Authors Den....
Walking the Path of Dead Explorers by Lloyd Lofthouse
LIttle No More by Lloyd Lofthouse
Children sprout into trees and blow away with the wind in Autumn....
Revelation by Lloyd Lofthouse
A double loss....
Symphony by Lloyd Lofthouse
Many do not hear His orchestra playing....
Rain by Lloyd Lofthouse
don't drowned...
Happy Faces by Lloyd Lofthouse
Could this be politically incorrect?...
Curtain Calls by Lloyd Lofthouse
The things we learn living a day at a time....
Mountain Memoires by Lloyd Lofthouse
Some things we want to live forever....
The Darkness by Lloyd Lofthouse
about the end of our time-
maybe?...
Delicious Target by Lloyd Lofthouse
It's amazing how stupid a guy can be when he's nineteen sitting in the open feeling sorry for himself. A 1966 memoir moment from Vietnam...
Combat Jazz by Lloyd Lofthouse
We know that the traditional tibal war 'dance' reaches back to the Greeks. The idea was to build courage; create fear....
Sublime Wrath on the Road to Hell by Lloyd Lofthouse
Blowing fuses or one's top fueled by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder...
Underground by Lloyd Lofthouse
A poetic memoir moment about being in the United States Marines in Okinawa prior to shipping out to Vietnam....
The Art of Shaving by Lloyd Lofthouse
A poetic memoir moment about being in the United States Marines learning to shave for the first time....
The Soulful Veteran Speaks by Lloyd Lofthouse
Soldiers do not come home from war without baggage....
Media Whores by Lloyd Lofthouse
Poltical poetry that may not be what you expect....
Teen Daughter on a School Night by Lloyd Lofthouse
Taking a homework break...
What Did Oxford Do? by Lloyd Lofthouse
After seventy-three-thousand words and one-hundred-ninety-four pages, this was screaming to be written....
values in China cause a result by Lloyd Lofthouse
This poem in a 'haibun'...
The First of All Virtues by Lloyd Lofthouse
This poem is a "haibun" comparing China with the West...
China & Tibet by Lloyd Lofthouse
Haibun is a Japanese form of poetry that combines prose and haiku. In this haibun, I have adapted the format into a political statement to fit the times....
Media Distorts by Lloyd Lofthouse
Haibun is a combinaton of prose and haiku poetry. In this haibun, I have adapted the format into a political statement to fit the times....
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Articles
The Release of The Concubine Saga is another Cheap Marketing Ploy by Lloyd Lofthouse
This was a secret the author hoped to keep....
The Story behind the National Debt by Lloyd Lofthouse
I'm not going to talk about what might happen but what has already happened....
Using Alchemy to Disarm Psychological Vampires by Lloyd Lofthouse
There is a way authors may respond to negative book reviews....
Learning what Win-Win Really Means by Lloyd Lofthouse
The importance of understanding evolution....
Review for Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Lloyd Lofthouse
Any fool can be a parent and the average American parent is a fool....
In Defense of Tiger Mothers Everywhere by Lloyd Lofthouse
The facts say the Tough Love approach to raising children is better....
Amy Chua on Superior Chinese Mothers by Lloyd Lofthouse
Is the Tough Love approach to raising Children better than the soft self-esteem method....
Rachel Cord, PI by Lloyd Lofthouse
A detective action novel written by R. E. Conary...
The God Patent by Lloyd Lofthouse
a novel written by Ransom Stephens...
Midnight Tequila by Suzann Kale by Lloyd Lofthouse
How about hot-wax sex for grief?...
Cloyne Court by Lloyd Lofthouse
This is a biased book review, and I wasn't paid to write it....
At The Table of Want by Lloyd Lofthouse
After I started reading "At the Table of Want", it was a struggle not to drop everything else and read nonstop. Hooked, I was ......
It Must Have Been Better than Sex by Lloyd Lofthouse
Imagine going on a first date hoping to have hot sex and ......
Xian by Lloyd Lofthouse
China's first capital....
The Crusading Spirit in Modern America by Lloyd Lofthouse
This is an abridged book review. ...
China in Transition, Part Three by Lloyd Lofthouse
China's prosperity changing faces....
The Power of Figurative Langauge to Enhance Fiction by Lloyd Lofthouse
Figurative language improves fiction and adds Power to your work....
Building Characters Through Conflicts by Lloyd Lofthouse
Learn how to improve the characters in your stories....
Book Review for The Caliphate by Lloyd Lofthouse
Book Review for Jack Stewart's Thriller...
Becoming Respectable by Lloyd Lofthouse
In the world of Self-Publishing...
First Eighteen Months by Lloyd Lofthouse
It's all about the publication, promotion blues....
Wai-nani by Lloyd Lofthouse
High Chiefess of Hawai'i, Her Epic Journey--a book review...
Six-Hundred Hours of a Life by Lloyd Lofthouse
This is a review for a powerful book. This novel was written by Craig Lancaster. I wrote the review....
Getting Lucky by Lloyd Lofthouse
hard boiled detective...
Longji Terraces by Lloyd Lofthouse
Climbing the Dragon's Back...
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News
Historical Novel Society by Lloyd Lofthouse
Review for Our Hart, historical fiction by Lloyd Lofthosue...
Midwest Book Review for Our Hart by Lloyd Lofthouse
Robert Hart arrived in China in 1854. By the time he left in 1908, he was the most powerful Westerner in China's history and the only foreigner the Emperor of China trusted. His love and dedication to...
A Review of Our Hart by Tom Carter by Lloyd Lofthouse
A Critical Review of "Our Hart" by Tom Carter, author of "China: Portrait of a People"...
Amazon lists Our Hart by Lloyd Lofthouse
Amazon posted a listing for Our Hart, Elegy for a Concubine on 2/19/10...
First Review for Our Hart by Lloyd Lofthouse
Our Hart reviewed by Simon Barret on Blogger News Network...
My Splended Concubine on The Author Show by Lloyd Lofthouse
Book Review and TV interview...
Our Hart wins at Nashville by Lloyd Lofthouse
The sequel to My Splendid Concubine wins literary award....
The Soulful Veteran by Lloyd Lofthouse
What does war do to the warriors that fight in them?...
Hollywood Book Festival Winner by Lloyd Lofthouse
My Splendid Concubine wins an honorable mention in general fiction...
So Many Precious Books, So Little Time by Lloyd Lofthouse
New Book Review from Canada for My Splendid Concubine...
Win a Free Copy by Lloyd Lofthouse
For "Crazy Normal" and/or "Our Hart"...
2009 San Francisco Book Festival by Lloyd Lofthouse
My Splendid Concubine won an honorable mention in General Fiction at the 2009 San Francisco Book Festival...
WNB TV Network by Lloyd Lofthouse
The Authors Show with Danielle Hampson...
The Romance of History by Lloyd Lofthouse
The past is a foreign country: they do things different there. L.P. Hartley...
Take a Virtual Book Tour by Lloyd Lofthouse
December 2008 through January 2009
Also drop by and visit Vietnam 1965 - 1966...
Radio86, about a Labor of Love by Lloyd Lofthouse
Radio86 broadcasts from Europe and England....
My Splendid Concubine's Kindle Edition by Lloyd Lofthouse
Link to an interesting piece in the media about the Kindle & Amazon.com released My Splendid Concubine on March 10, 2009, as a Kindle edition....
Authors Read by Lloyd Lofthouse
Lloyd Lofthouse, author, My Splendid Concubine, was a guest on Authors Read. ...
My Splendid Concubine by Lloyd Lofthouse
This novel, based on a real life love story, will be released in a second edition soon....
The Book Stacks by Lloyd Lofthouse
My Splendid Concubine was reviewed on The Book Stacks by JM....
Peeking Between the Pages by Lloyd Lofthouse
Review for My Splendid Concubine from Peeking Between the Pages....
The Tome Traveller's Weblog by Lloyd Lofthouse
Globe-trotting with my nose in a book!...
Ameican Chronicle by Lloyd Lofthouse
Published in the American Chronicle, December 31, 2008...
Interview at Fiction Scribe by Lloyd Lofthouse
Fiction Scribe had a potential audience of 7.5 million a month....
Book Czar Review by Lloyd Lofthouse
On December 16, 2008, 'Book Czar' published this review of 'My Splendid Concubine' on their Blog/Website....
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Events
Ascroft eh? 9/29/2009
An interview with the author of My Splendid Concubine...
The Query Queen 6/6/2009
Featured Author for Saturday, June 6
Since this interview is posted on a Blog, it is available 24/7...
Assessible World Presents 6/2/2009
The Accessible World is a division of Helping Hands for the Blind, a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit orgnization...
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books 4/25/2009
Lloyd will have a book signing in booth #127...
Part 2 for the 2009 Los Angeles Festival of Books 4/25/2009
Two days at the 2009 Los Angeles Festival of Books...
WNB TV Network 4/19/2009
Danielle Hampson will be interviewing Lloyd Lofthouse about his novel, My Splendid Concubine...
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Links
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| My Splendid Concubine
There are links on the opening page to his Website to Podcasts of several of the talk shows Lloyd has been a guest on.
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History or His Story
My Splendid Concubine's first media review
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Additional information
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| "My Splendid Concubine" is Lloyd's first novel. It was a work of nine years that went deep into Chinese culture, history and the life of Sir.Robert Hart, a major historical character on the world's stage in China during the nineteenth century.
In March 2008, Lloyd was a guest on more than a doezen radio talk shows that broadcast from more than a hundred stations in North America. The topic: "Is China Really a Threat to the United States?"
In April 2008, Lloyd is scheduled to be a guest on more than five hundred radio station (due to syndication). Topic: "Are Olympic Protesters Endangering America?" |
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My Splendid Concubine
PO Box 4221
Walnut Creek
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